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CBS Network - Happy New Year America! (Part 2, 1980)

Views: 847

Here's Part 2 of the continuation (before the tape ran out) of Happy New Year America! on WBBM Channel 2 after the preemption by New Year's Eve: Chicago Style was completed.

This part includes more with Paul Anka who sings a song with Barbara Mandrell, and then Al Hirt live from New Orleans performs the theme from Rocky (incomplete).

This aired on local Chicago TV early Tuesday, January 1st 1980 from about 12:14am to 12:18am.

WFLD Channel 32 - Mission: Impossible - "Break!" (On-Screen Station ID, 1977)

Views: 1799

Here's a nice example of the Kaiser Broadcasting era on-screen station ID for WFLD Channel 32, during an episode of Mission: Impossible.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, April 1st 1977 during the 9pm to 10pm timeframe.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Eight O'Clock Movie - "The Slender Thread" (Opening, 1982)

Views: 1613

Here's the opening to the Eight O'Clock Movie presentation of "The Slender Thread" on WFLD Channel 32. I don't know if it was a mistake or not but the voiceover doesn't start until the music is over so we get to hear the whole theme.

Voiceover by Jim Barton.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, March 1st 1982. (at 8pm!)

WGN Channel 9 - "New Year's Afternoon Weather Update with Tom Skilling" (1981)

Views: 4855

Here's the first afternoon weather update of the New Year of 1981, courtesy Tom Skilling on WGN Channel 9. Despite it being the new year, the copyright on this forecast is still given as (C) 1980, WGN Continental Broadcasting Co.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, January 1st 1981 at 4:55pm.

WFLD Channel 32 - The Three Stooges - "Uncivil Warriors" (Opening, 1978)

Views: 2647

Here's the opening to the Three Stooges on WFLD Channel 32, airing the short "Uncivil Warriors". I also kept in the old-style Field Communications ID and a WFLD Six Million Dollar Man promo at the beginning.

Voiceover during the Six Million Dollar Man promo and Three Stooges opening is by Ron Beattie.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 1st 1978 at 11pm!

WFLD Channel 32 - The Gong Show (Commercial Break #1, 1978)

Views: 2387

Here's a complete commerical break for The Gong Show on WFLD Channel 32. Includes:

WFLD Gong Show bumper

CBS Records - "We've Got The Hits"

Wickes Furniture - "Chair and Recliner Sale"

Maybelline - "Colors that Cling"

WFLD Sanford and Son promo (voiceover by Ron Beattie)

WFLD Gong Show bumper

This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, December 1st 1978.

A&P Food Stores - "A Butcher Shop with Supermarket Prices" (Commercial, 1979)

Views: 1883

Here's a commercial for A&P Food Stores, with a butcher on duty pointing to the right kind of London broil for two women to buy (one with a pretty obvious voice overdub) while on their shopping trip. This scenario was cited as "another reason why you'll do better at A&P."

Ending voiceover by ??, with sale on center cut Chuck Roast (wasn't he a former anchorman here in Chicago?) for 98 cents a pound, available at all Indianapolis area A&P stores through Saturday, August 4th.

WLS Channel 7 - Editorial Reply (1982)

Views: 1497

Here's a reply to a WLS Channel 7 Editorial by Tom Stabnicki of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), speaking out against the new Youth Services Bureau agency within the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, explaining that such programs in other areas have been plagued with numerous problems in the past, plus the issue of child welfare worker jobs lost due to budget cuts.

Opening voiceover by Al Parker.

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WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News At 10pm (Preview, 1981)

Views: 1985

Here is a preview for the upcoming Eyewitness News at 10 on WLS Channel 7, featuring Mary Ann Childers, Larry Moore, Jay Levine, and Jay Berry. (in the background at the end) Previewed stories include:

80 year old man arrested in mercy killing of his 79 year old wife.

Report on Spina Bifida being more common than muscular dystrophy.

Report on why dialing 911 may not necessarily get you an ambulance.

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